Skandapurana 7.14.49_153

7.14.49_153

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śaṃkukarṇena parighaṃ gṛhṇītaṃ vīkṣya tadbalāt ..13..
vinedurmuditā devāḥ13 śaṃkukarṇaśca tuṣṭuvuḥ .
śaṃkukarṇopi parighaṃ gṛhītvā balavān punaḥ ..14..
rarāsa jambhamuddiśya sasāra ca raṇapriyaḥ14 ..
tato dānavaśārdūla: sasāra raṇalālasaḥ ..15..
tato gaṇeśvarabale dānavānāṃ bale tathā15 ..
jajñe vāditraninadaḥ siṃhnādavimiśritaḥ ..16..
atha gaganatale babhūva śabdaḥ kṣubhitasamudrapayodanādakalpaḥ16 .
danutanayagaṇādhipeśayuddhaṃ tadupaniśāmya divaukasāṃ tadānīm .17.. pramathagaṇavarāssanāgarudrā17 hyasuravarāśca sahāndhakā raṇasthāḥ . vyuparatakalahā18stadāvatasthurgaṇapatidānavayuddhamīkṣamāṇāḥ . (18..
iti skandapurāṇe gaṇayuddha ūnacatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ
sanatkumāra uvāca
śaṃkukarṇa tu dhāvantaṃ jambhaṃ prati mahābalaḥ1 .
vṛtrobhyadhāvattaṃ hantuṃ paṃcānana iva2 dvipam ..1..
utsṛjya śaṃkukarṇopi jambhaṃ gaṇapapuṃgavaḥ .
vṛtramevābhidudrāva vighāto vai damaṃ3 yathā ..2..

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Seeing the iron club seized forcibly by Śaṅkukarṇa, / the delighted gods shouted aloud and praised Śaṅkukarṇa. / The mighty Śaṅkukarṇa, fond of battle, having again seized the iron club, / roared, aimed at Jambha, and charged. / Then that tiger among Dānavas charged, eager for battle. / Then in the army of the lords of gaṇas, and likewise in the army of the Dānavas, / arose the sound of musical instruments mixed with lion-roars. / Then in the vault of the sky arose a noise resembling the roar of an agitated ocean or clouds, / as the denizens of heaven then watched that battle between the sons of Danu and the lords of the gaṇas. / The foremost among the Pramatha host together with the Nāgarudras, and the foremost Asuras together with Andhaka on the battlefield, / ceasing their fighting, stood watching the combat between the gaṇa-leader and the Dānava.

Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-ninth chapter, on the battle of the gaṇas, in the Skandapurāṇa.

Sanatkumāra said:
Seeing Śaṅkukarṇa running towards Jambha, the mighty / Vṛtra ran towards him to slay him, like a lion against an elephant. / Śaṅkukarṇa too, the foremost among gaṇa-leaders, abandoning Jambha, / ran straight against Vṛtra, as lightning [strikes] a tree.